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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 73
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God is good to Israel—The wicked and ungodly prosper in this world—They shall be consumed with terrors hereafter—Those who trust in the Lord shall be received up unto glory.
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<center><span class='small'>A PSALM OF ASAPH.</span></center>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
Truly</span> God <i>is</i> good to Israel, <i>even</i> to such as are of a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Purity.">clean</a> heart.
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
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For I was <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Envy.">envious</a> at the foolish, <i>when</i> I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For <i>there are</i> no bands in their death: but their strength <i>is</i> firm.
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They <i>are</i> not in trouble <i>as other</i> men; neither are they plagued like <i>other</i> men.
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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR necklace.">chain</a>; violence covereth them <i>as</i> a garment.
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Their eyes stand out with <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 68: 31.">fatness</a>: they have more than heart could wish.
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They are corrupt, and speak wickedly <i>concerning</i> oppression: they <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Pet. 2: 18 (10-19).">speak</a> loftily.
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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full <i>cup</i> are wrung out to them.
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And they say, How doth God <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 22: 13.">know</a>?  and is there knowledge in the most High?
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Behold, these <i>are</i> the ungodly, who <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 12: 6; Ps. 17: 14; Hel. 7: 5 (4-6).">prosper</a> in the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/73/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Worldliness.">world</a>; they increase <i>in</i> riches.
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Verily I have cleansed my heart <i>in</i> vain, and <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Washing.">washed</a> my hands in innocency.
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For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend <i>against</i> the generation of thy children.
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When I thought to know this, it <i>was</i> too painful for me;
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Until I went into the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 19: 1; Ps. 20: 2.">sanctuary</a> of God; <i>then</i> understood I their <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/73/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 30: 10; D&C 29: 17; JS-M 1: 55.">end</a>.
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Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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How are they <i>brought</i> into desolation, as in a moment!  they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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As a dream when <i>one</i> awaketh; <i>so,</i> O Lord, when thou <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 78: 65 (65-66).">awakest</a>, thou shalt <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/73/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 42 (41-42).">despise</a> their image.
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Thus my heart was grieved, and I was <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conscience.">pricked</a> in my reins.
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So foolish <i>was</i> I, and ignorant: I was <i>as</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 3: 18.">beast</a> before thee.
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Nevertheless I <i>am</i> continually with thee: thou hast holden <i>me</i> by my right hand.
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Thou shalt <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Conscience.">guide</a> me with thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/73/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Counsel.">counsel</a>, and afterward receive me <i>to</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/73/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Eternal Life.">glory</a>.
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Whom have I in heaven <i>but thee?</i>  and <i>there is</i> none upon earth <i>that</i> I desire beside thee.
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My <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/73/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Flesh and Blood.">flesh</a> and my heart <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/73/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 40: 12 (12-13).">faileth</a>: <i>but</i> God <i>is</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/73/26c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Strength.">strength</a> of my heart, and my <sup>d</sup><a href="ps/73/26d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 16: 5.">portion</a> for ever.
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For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
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But <i>it is</i> good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, that I may declare all thy works.
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